This week on Vinally Friday: • Fresh off a major chart-topping comeback album, The Kinks were riding high when they departed their longtime label for a new five-album deal with RCA Records. But instead of keeping that momentum alive, the English rock band stuttered – and though celebrated as their “last great record,” Muswell Hillbilllies […]
Vinally Friday – 5/19
Most music aficionados are aware there are rules to having the blues. For instance, while you can get the blues in a Memphis jail, you cannot get blues across town in the Nordstrom. You can lament the blues over a glass of cheap alcohol or coffee, but not over chardonnay or a latte. And a […]
Vinally Friday – 10/14
B.B. King wasn’t born in Indianola, Mississippi. He was actually born on a plantation nearby. But he called the small town home nevertheless, and he gave it a sweet nod for his 18th studio album, Indianola Mississippi Seeds. Released in 1970 (you read that right: the King of the Blues released 17 of his 43 studio […]
